Saturday 18 August 2018

DISCO TRAP

The lighting for my robinson is called a disco trap,as i am not lucky enough to run a mv bulb at home,so i bought some 5m x 12v uv strip lighting off ebay for a grand total of £12.95,wrapped around a 50mm drain pipe,below is a selection of moth caught with it

marbled beauty

garden carpet

double sripped pug

turnip


cabbage

setaceous character

heart and dart

straw underwing

yellow shell

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yellow barred brindle

lime speck pug

willow beauty


2 comments:

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Lovely collection of moths. Have a wonderful week ahead.

Das Blogist said...

Hiya Chiddy

The moths on this page are Trachycera advenella (the Pyralid) and the un-named Noctuid is a Nutmeg. Just found your Blog via Twitface ...

Hope all's well matey, Phil.